Economy Videos

Hester Peirce @ The Heartland Institute: Dodd-Frank: What It Does and Why It's Flawed

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May 8, 2013

In this new book, "Dodd-Frank: What it Does and Why It's Flawed," Hester Peirce and a team of contributors at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ask whether the law is an effective response to the financial crisis that so deeply rattled our nation. Taking a hard look at the law's celebrated objectives, they reveal that it not only fails to achieve many of its stated goals, it also creates dangerous regulatory pathologies that could lay the groundwork for the next crisis.

In this new book, "Dodd-Frank: What it Does and Why It's Flawed," Hester Peirce and a team of contributors at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University ask whether the law is an effective response to the financial crisis that so deeply rattled our nation. Taking a hard look at the law's celebrated objectives, they reveal that it not only fails to achieve many of its stated goals, it also creates dangerous regulatory pathologies that could lay the groundwork for the next crisis.

Steve Forbes speaks at a Heartland Author Series Event on November 15, 2012 at the Union League Club in Chicago. Forbes gave a presentation on his latest book, with Elizabeth Ames, "Freedom Manifesto."

Bob Chitister, founder and president of Free To Choose Network and collaborator with Milton Friedman, delivered a speech at a luncheon at The Heartland Institute on February 7, 2012. The title of his speech was: "Who Chooses, Who Benefits, Who Pays, and What's Fair?"

Dr. Richard Timberlake, a former student of Friedman and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia, discusses Milton Friedman's legacy and the misrepresentation of Friedman's views on Federal Reserve policy.

Dr. Richard Timberlake, a former student of Friedman and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia, discusses Milton Friedman's legacy and the misrepresentation of Friedman's views on Federal Reserve policy.

The United Nations climate conference in Bali, Indonesia is hosting hundreds of journalists from all over the world. But U.N. officials rejected a credential request by the, Environment and Climate News which is published by the conservative Heartland Institute and distributed to every elected official in the country